Hiram barker



(N0 Model.)

H. BARKER.

GATE.

N0. 453,534. PatentedJune 2,1891.

W/TNESSES IN VENTOI? %/66?072 @ar%0 A TTOHNE Y S UNHED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM BARKER, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

GATE.

SPECIIEICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent 1Io. 453,534, datecl June 2, 1891.

Applieation filed Februa1y 3, 1891. Serial N0. 380,025. (N0 model.)

T0 all wh07n z't may concrn:

Be it known that I, HIRAM BARKER, of St. Joseph,in the county of Buehanan and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of whioh thefollowing is a full, elear, anti exaet description.

Myinvention relates t0 an improvement in Ward portion Single.

gates, espeeially to lifting farm-gates, and has fol its objeet to provide a short, durable, and light gate, ancl a means whereby in the process of liflzing the gate 01 opening the same the pivoted end will be macle to counterbalance and at one point overbalance the free end, thus rendering the operation of opening the gate exceedingly eonvenient and expeditions.

A further object of the invention is t0 so construet the gate and its sbriking er jamb postthat although the gate may be quite short a sufiicient and properly-shaped opening will be obtainecl when ihe gate is thrown upwarcl to permit of the reacly passage of a lange load of hay.

The invention consists in the novel construetion and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully Set forth, and pointed out in the elai1ns.

Referenee is to be had to the accompanying drawings, fonning a part of this speeification, in whieh similar figures and letters of reference indieate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate, illustrating the sa1ne in Lwo positions; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken above the 1novable weights of the ga te.

'1he gate is pivoted at the lower portion of its rear encl by means of a 10d 10, which rod is journaled at its extrexnit-ies in short blocks 01 posts 11, loeated one at eaeh side of the opening to be olosecl by the gate.

The gate is preferably stayed and strengthened thiough the meclium of t-wo horizontal braces 12, one of whioh is secured t0 each side of the gate near the oenter of its lower portion, the opposite encls of the braces being attaohed to the pivoted rod 10. A vertical braee 13 is attachecl to tl1e upper po1fiion of tl1e rear end of the gate at each side thereof, and the lower ends of the vertical braces are likewise seeured t0 the pivot-rod 10. '1he jamb 01 striking post 14: is inelined outward at an angle of about forty o1 forty-five (legrees, as illustrated in l ig. l, and the free er forward end of the gate is correspondingly bevelecl to engage with the striking post throughout the major portion ot its length.

'lhe gate A may be eonstruoted of an y suitable or approved material; laut preferably the rear portion of the gate is double and the for- The top ancl bottom r-ails of tl1e gate throughout its length are a1- 1anged in pairs, however, suitably spaced throughout; the length of the gate. The slats 15, constituting the oentral portion of the double section-of the gate, are horizontally arranged anal a1e attached ab their real ends to the rear standard of the gate ancl at their forward ends to a diagonal standard 16, seeured at its extremities between the upper and lower gate-rails.

A diagonal beam 17 extends clownward from the top of the gate to the bottom at the real 0f the diagonal standard 1G, forming therebyan essentially V-shaped poeket Band between the lower horizontal slats 15 a floor beam 18 is laicl, extending from the rear standard 13 of the gate to the diagonal beam 17 the upper face of the floor-beam being inelined downward in the clireetion of the forward 01 free encl of the gate. The floor-beam 18 and diagonal bean1 17 form an upper pooket B. In the V-shaped pocket B a clisk-weight 19 isinsertecl eapable of rolling upon thebeam 17 virtually from top uo bottoxn of the gate, and in the poeket B upon the inelined 11001- beam 18 a largex. disk-weight 20 is loeated. Between tl1e rear standard of the gate and the intermediate inelined standaul 16 pins 21 are preferably attaehed so tl1e lower slats 15, or those between whiol1 the floor-beam is secured. Links 22 are connected ab their lower encls with ehe pins 21, and ehe saicl links extend upward and are pivotally eonnected with the inner ends of levers 23, whiel1 levers, near their inner ends, are in turn pivotally couneeted Witli he bracket-bars 24 of posts 25, vertically arrangecl one a1; each side of tl1e opening to be closecl by the gate at the rear of the block 01 post in whieh Ehe gate is pivoted. The braeket-bars 21 are usually counected by a brace-beam 01 its equivalent, ancl to the outer end of eaeh lever 23 a pendeni; handle 26 is seeured, preferablybya flexible connection, such as a 1ope 01' ehain.

. Ab the rear 0f the gate, between the post.s

25tan inclinecl plane 27 is produced, the upper edge whereof is essentially flush with the ground or the threshold-strip beneath the gate, if such astrip is employed; or insteacl allycounrerbalancesthe free end of the gate,

and after the gate l1as been elevated about one-half its height the smaller weight 19 rolls to the upper end of its pocket, thereby more than counterbalancing the free end 0f the gace and causing the gate to be carried rearward t0 an upright position and slightly be yond an upright position, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l, the inclination of the gate when opened being permitted by the rear end 0f the gate rest'ing upon the inclinecl plane 27. The inelination 0f the gate when elevated is the reverse 0f the striking-post 14; but the degree of-inclinationof the post and gare is essentially the same.

It Will be observed that by reason of*the rolling weights the gate may be exped itiously, conveniently, and easily elevated, and that by reason also 0f the formation 0f the striking-post and the =provision 0f the inclined plane the space between the gate and the striking-pest when the former is opened is wider ab the top t'nan at the bottom, thus permitting of a large load. of hay being readily drawn through the opening without danger of striking the gate and'thereb3 injuring it.

The gate is closed in the Same manner in whi ch it is openeCl-namely, by pulling downwarcl upon the handles 26-and as the lower ends of the links22 when the gate is opened are back of the pivotal point of the gate the gate will be thrown formrrd atits free or upper end, and as s0011 as moved in this direction the weights roll in their pockets toward the descencling end of the gace, carrying the gate down t0 its normal or closed position.

Having thnsdescribed my invention, I elaim as new and desire to seeure by Letters Patent- 7 l. A gate pivoted atone end and provided with vertically an l horizontallyextending pockets arranged. between its center and rea-r end, and movable weigl1ts looated in the said pockets, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combinaton,with a gate pivoted ab the lower portion 0f its rear end and p rovided with vertieally and horizontally extending pockei;s between the center and. real end, of weights loeated in the pockets and capable of slicl'ing 0r rolling therein, and lifting-levers connected with the gate, substantially as shown ancl described.

3. The fzombinatin, with a gate pivoted at;

an inelined plane loca ted back of the pivotr of the gate, of a striking or jannb post inclined outward from the opening t0 be olosed by the gate, substantially as shown and cleseribed, whereby wheri the gate is elevated the opening bet'w'eenthe gate and its 's'triking 01 jamb post Will be wider a1: the top than a1; the bottom, as and for the purpose specified.

HIRAM BARKER. \Vitnesses:

WILLIAM H. UTZ, V1LLIAM H. HAYNES. 

